The Chinese government has blocked images and mentions of Winnie the Pooh on social media because Internet users have been using the character to mock CCP general secretary Xi Jinping.

Jul 17, 2017 · Winnie the Pooh has joined a line of crazy, funny internet references to China's top leaders. The Chinese name for and images of the plump, cute cartoon character are being blocked on social...

Jul 18, 2017 · The Chinese name for Winnie the Pooh (Little Bear Winnie) is being blocked on Chinese social media sites because bloggers have been comparing the plump bear to China's President Xi Jinping, the...

Mar 23, 2023 · The film featuring a murderous Pooh bear has been pulled from theaters in Hong Kong and Macau without explanation. Some say it's a result of China's censorship of memes related to leader Xi...

Jul 17, 2017 · Authorities did not provide any reason for the blacklist, but many have theorized that Pooh was given the boot because social media users have likened the honey-loving bear …

Apr 11, 2023 · People in Taiwan are buying anti- Xi Jinping badges depicting Winnie the Pooh being punched by a Formosan black bear. Taiwan’s air force pilots are wearing the badge as a …

Jul 19, 2017 · On Sina Weibo, often called China’s Twitter, an attempted search for “Winnie the Pooh and Xi Jinping” in both Chinese and English will prompt a message that reads: “In accordance with ...

Apr 20, 2023 · When Xi Jinping visited Barack Obama at the White House in 2013, a social-media wag remarked on how the pair resembled Pooh and Tigger, the bear’s fictional buddy.

Jul 17, 2017 · Yes, that’s right — Winnie the Pooh has just been axed from social media platforms in China for being too politically sensitive. Over the weekend, users on the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo...

Chinese leadership’s hatred of Pooh stems from a diplomatic meeting in 2013. As Chinese President Xi Jinping deboarded the plane to greet former American President Barack Obama, many photographers clamored to get a snapshot of the historic moment.